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I see the #8 car has chains on. Field looks pretty good but he must have had some mud to drive thru

Tom,

Thanks.

I love looking at your photos.

OK. Now I’m confused - again. 8th picture from the top. Obviously squared 1913 front door, 1914 folded inward windshield, bill front fenders and curved 1915 rear fenders ?? … & magneto lights ??

Yeah George H, that eighth photo car looks pretty beat. Apparently several things have been changed out for later pieces, and a few things are simply missing. Like the top and sidelamps?
Clearly a 1913 style body, and as you pointed out the 1914 style windshield. During the crossover time as Ford switched from the weak 1913 style touring car to the stronger 1914 style, some cars did get earlier and later styles mixed. Photos of nice apparently new cars from that time have shown late windshields on earlier bodies as well as earlier windshields on later bodies. However, on a car such as this one, beat and with other obvious anachronisms, it is more likely the parts were changed due to damage of some kind.
One twist however? Maybe a monkey wrench in the questions? Some early 1913s had carryover 1912 front fenders with bills and without the inner skirt bead or the anti-rattle bead halfway down the back side of the front fender. So it is possible that the front fenders might have been original to the car. But given the car's general condition? It is also likely the fenders had been changed.

Photo fifteen (next to last) is a nice 1924 coupe. Note the hub covers and hubcaps, nickel radiator shell and headlamp rims. And I really like that fancy radiator cap!

I sure like that racing car (Gheffoli & Maggini)! But I think it would look better with either all the wire wheels or all disc wheels, rather than half and half.
Serious racers often had different wheels and tires to swap around for best handling and performance to fit differing track conditions. It was surprisingly common to race with a mix of wheel types.

Third photo is likely a model R Ford. Could maybe be a model S? (But no side aprons?)

Avoid oversize Ford sitters....

The two women in front of the 4th picture. I wonder if they were identical twins? They look very much alike.
Norm

#4 pic seems to have an AIRPLANE behind it! Is that what I am seeing? Wonder where it was taken? Any notes on the back of the picture? I have only seen 3 or 4 pics of early cars that ALSO had an aircraft of some type with them, in my entire life! These are pretty rare pictures to have! From the 30's on, they are more common, as airplanes were more common. But early cars WITH airplanes are pretty rare.

4th photo. does not resemble an early airplane. It does look like a 1920s farm equipment.

The third photo down is an NRS Ford. It is the one with the trophy on it. It looks like it has the rear of the body removed.

The 3rd photo is of a model R I think it just has a boat tail rear end. I don’t know if they came like that but I’ve seen more than one with a turtledeck like that